A lesson in garbage management, from one civic body to another
Pune Pimpri-chinchwad : Electricity from refuse
Pune Pimpri-chinchwad : Electricity from refuse
Mumbai Devp authority receives 8,500 objections, suggestions from local residents against proposed car shed After opposition from local residents to setting up a car shed at Charkop for the Charkop-Bandra-Mankhurd stretch of the Metro rail, the state government is considering the shifting of the depot to an alternative site in the vicinity.
Mumbai Construction work for the Metro and monorail projects will continue during the monsoon even as all other infrastructure and development works in the city will come to a grinding halt in those four months.
MUMBAI: H-West Ward Citizens' Federation chairperson Shyama Kulkarni protested the manner in which the government was trying to force the elevated route of the Mumbai Metro through the Bandra-Khar area, displacing people and commercial establishments, instead of opting for an underground line plan.
Pune Mass transportation for the city and environment top the agenda of Mahesh Zagade, who took over as the new commissioner of the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) on Tuesday. Zagade said his priority would be to focus on developing Pune
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), as a preventive measure for monsoon, has started the daunting task of filling up the potholes using the jet-patching machine. As a pilot project, the civic body has so far filled up a total stretch of 1100 square metres across the city. The work began last month.
MUMBAI: Former Union minister Ram Naik and National Alliance of People's Movements leader Medha Patkar have come out strongly against the displacement of thousands of families from Laljipada in Charkop which is to be acquired for a carshed for Mumbai Metro's second line from Charkop to Mankhurd via Bandra.
Two suspected patients of H1N1 flu, who arrived from Spain and the US, have been kept under observation. The patients were moved to the Naidu municipal hospital
SULTHAN BATHERY: The wildlife census which concluded at Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary (WWS) here on Monday is a giant step towards continuous monitoring of tiger population, predator indications and strengthening of the habitat management strategy.
Pune Considering the need for quality affordable housing, Four Seasons Shelters, a part of the Four Seasons Group, launched its landmark project
Pune Though the district and civic authorities have promised to start segregating the dry and wet garbage in the next three months and that open dumping of garbage will be stopped in six months, the villagers of Urali Devachi and Phursungi on Monday deferred any decision regarding the Pune Municipal Corporation lifting garbage from the bins.
Mumbai * We have been living in the area for nearly three decades now. We run businesses here and now the government wants to raze it for a metro car shed at Charkop. We cannot allow this. * Limited open spaces cannot be occupied by overhead metro, when underground metro can be opted for.
Last Thursday, the Tree Authority (TA) of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation gave the green signal to cut 2,000 trees for several infrastructure projects in the city, and transplantation of 2,000.
BAKHTIYAR TANGSAL,SOLAPUR, MAY 8 FINALLY, it's good news for the newly-included areas in the municipal corporation limits known as 'Hadwad', which were struggling hard to get drinking water supply from the Solapur Municipal Corporation [SMC]. The Centre has sanctioned Rs 72 crore to the SMC to upgrade its water supply system under the small and medium cities development scheme.
NISHA NAMBIAR PUNE, MAY 8
The proposal to generate nearly 20,000 megawatts of power by building new power plants on a narrow strip of the Konkan coast is a recipe for an ecological and social disaster. The government should learn from the past experience of such coal-based power plants, reassess the true demands for energy and encourage ecologically sustainable planning, which will also benefit the local people.
MUMBAI: Almost four decades after the satellite city of Navi Mumbai was envisioned, planned and built, a survey by its creator, Cidco, has revealed a worrisome trend: the threat posed by malls to the township's large wholesale and retail markets.
MUMBAI: The BMC's Tree Authority on Thursday cleared various proposals to hack around 4,000 trees in the city. Permission has been granted for 2,250 trees to be felled and another 2,000 to be transplanted.
Mumbai The Marine Drive, which lost its treasure of 153 coconut palms to the 2005 makeover, will soon get its glory back, albeit partially. Starting Monday, about 92 dead or stunted trees at the Marine Drive stretch would be uprooted and replaced by new, sturdier trees in an effort to restore the green look at the promenade.
Mumbai Even as the Bombay Veterinary College is conducting tests to confirm the cause of the five-year-old hippopotamus, Shakti